Sentence examples for sanctioned actions from inspiring English sources

He said Mr. bin Laden and his associates, citing the American participation in the Persian Gulf war, began to issue fatwahs, or religious opinions, to his group, which sanctioned actions against American interests.

Rodney Joffe, senior technologist at the security software manufacturer Neustar Inc. and a regular cyber-security advisor to the White House, said counterattacks and even legally sanctioned actions provide only temporary relief.

Both abstained in the vote on the resolution sanctioning action against Libya in March.

In 340 BC Demosthenes convinced the Athenian assembly to sanction action against Philip's territories and to ally with Byzantium, which Philip was besieging.

Parliament was relatively unanimous in sanctioning action: this is a brutal, dangerous group of growing capabilities, hostile to the West and to local non-Sunni people alike.

The jury, apparently, believes defense contentions that the C.I.A. had sanctioned their actions.

In both cases, whether or not the boss sanctioned these actions, the tone came from the top.

"That's why we are here — because David Tarloff truly believed that he was the Son of God, that God sanctioned his actions, and he acted on it," one of his lawyers, Bryan Konoski, said.

According to Tillerson, the Chinese told the regime "that if they did conduct further nuclear tests, China would be taking sanctions actions on their own".

"We don't comment on sanctions actions or deliberations, but it's important to note that these issues are completely separate from trade," said a Treasury Department spokesman asked to comment on the reports.

If Google does not comply it faces the risk of sanction actions by the CNIL.